At the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan, all of the workers are now being evacuated due to elevated radiation risks. As MSNBC‘s Ed Schultz reports, this now means that the facility will be unmanned and leaves the stability of the plant in severe doubt.

Earlier, workers were frantically working at the plant to minimize the danger and radiation exposure. However, as of now the workers have been ordered to evacuate and it is unclear if or when a new shift of workers will be able to return to the facility.

Watch the clip from MSNBC below reporting on the story:

Update: There are conflicting reports about the evacuation. MSNBC’s Robert Bazell reported, at 11pm EDT, that the evacuation was temporary, and that workers were only to leave for 45 minutes.

Reuters’ Lou Charbonneaureported that the evacuation order was lifted: